SpaceX Reported in $40 Billion Nvidia Chip-Financing Talks

On air: Chip Darnell on Market Hours
Published 10:50 AM ET, Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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First reported by Bloomberg.com: “Watch SpaceX Reported to Be in $40 Billion Nvidia Chip-Financing Talks”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 10:50 AM ET on Market Hours, by Chip Darnell.
Topics: Nvidia, SpaceX.
BBN covered this story before: SpaceX Reported in $40 Billion Nvidia Chip-Financing Talks (October 7).

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Bloomberg.comWatch SpaceX Reported to Be in $40 Billion Nvidia Chip-Financing Talks

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBloomberg reports SpaceX is in talks on forty billion dollars of financing to buy Nvidia chips.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorJoining us via satellite is economist Marigold Fenwick-Duarte, author of Everything Goes Up, Down, and Sideways.
Marigold Fenwick-DuarteChip, thank you. I predicted this deal. I also predicted no deal. Both are in chapter nine, which is available in hardcover.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's a bold way to be right. Bloomberg's angle is that this signals a massive spending commitment and real pressure on chip demand.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIs that your read?
Marigold Fenwick-DuarteAbsolutely, and also absolutely not. Forty billion dollars is either a bold bet or a very expensive space heater. My model says both.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorStrong answer, I think? I'm a strip mall guy. Ma'am, which one is it? Pick one before the commercial break.
Marigold Fenwick-DuarteMy model is a spreadsheet I made on a napkin at a Cheesecake Factory. The napkin predicted the Cheesecake Factory too.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorLove that place! But the numbers, ma'am. Forty billion dollars. What does that mean for regular folks at the drive-through?
Marigold Fenwick-DuarteFries get more expensive. Or cheaper. I wrote it down, but I sat on the page and it smudged.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo your forecast is smudged. Bloomberg only says talks are reported. Nothing is signed. Did you hear anything else?
Marigold Fenwick-DuarteChip, I have a confession. I have never bought a chip. I only eat pretzels. My publisher said that is not a good look.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWell, pretzels are a fine product, and the book is available wherever books are sold. Are you at least feeling good about it?
Marigold Fenwick-DuarteI feel great and terrible, Chip. Buy the book, or don't. Both outcomes were forecast, and I'm already signing copies in the car.